Gearing up for IBM InterConnect - Check out these Social Business Sessions
Mon, Feb 16th 2015 2:20a Luis BenitezWe are a week away from the start of IBM InterConnect 2015, and this week it's all about getting ready for that conference. And I'm definitely looking forward to the concert on Wednesday with Aerosmith and "the Sharks" at the keynote. I've been getting addicted to Shark Tank recently so can't wait to see them in Vegas.
Let's talk sessions. As part of InterConnect, there's a System of Engagement track where you'll find all sessions around Social Business. Here's the full list

How IBM Connections File Sync Saved Me Post IBM ConnectED 2015
Mon, Feb 9th 2015 2:11a Luis BenitezI'm finally back in the office after 2.5 weeks on the road: first for IBM ConnectED 2015, then on to Austin to meet with the IBM Design team and work on IBM Connections Next. In between all that, however, my Mac decided to have a meltdown. Luckily, it was the Tuesday after the keynote at IBM ConnectED. My big worry, though, was, since my Mac died on January 27th and I knew my last Time Machine backup was on January 21st... how much was I going to lose ?
So when Tuesday comes along, I opene

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From IBM ConnectED 2015 - What's New in IBM Connections
Tue, Feb 3rd 2015 1:10p Luis BenitezYesterday I posted a recap of the IBM ConnectED 2015 OGS. Today, I wanted to focus on the What's New in IBM Connections session that I presented at after the keynote. The intent of the session was to recap our deliveries in 2014 (which were a lot!) and then give you a glimpse at what's coming next.
There were two things that I called out to the audience. First, for those of you who are running IBM Connections on-premises, you should definitely be looking at what we are doing in the cloud

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IBM ConnectED 2015 Keynote Recap - the IBM Connections Demo
Mon, Feb 2nd 2015 2:16a Luis BenitezIt's hard to believe that just a week ago was the keynote (aka OGS ... aka the Opening General Session) at IBM ConnectED . This year I again had the opportunity to demo during the keynote and present IBM Connections Next, the next iteration of our market leading enterprise social collaboration platform.
Prior to the demos, some interesting stats were shared. The one that caught my attention the most is that the IBM Verse announcement gathered more impressions than any other IBM announcement

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IDC MarketScapes Name IBM a Worldwide and European Leader for Enterprise Social Networks
Tue, Jan 20th 2015 9:10a Luis BenitezIn late 2014, IDC released its IDC MarketScape Worldwide MarketScape Enterprise Social Network 2014 Vendor Assessment and their 2IDC MarketScape: European Enterprise Social Networks in 2014. IBM Connections was positioned as a leader in both reports.
Also in 2014, IBM was also named as the market share leader in the IDC Worldwide Enterprise Social Networks 2014-2018 Forecast and 2013 Vendor Shares report. I'm extremely excited to see how IBM was positioned.
Also evaluated in the IDC Mark

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IBM ConnectED 2015 - Two Weeks To Go and Where To Find Me
Tue, Jan 13th 2015 5:12a Luis BenitezWe are now two weeks away to start IBM ConnectED 2015. Last week, I returned from vacation and travelled to Boston to work on the keynote demo. Things are looking very cool and can't wait to show it to everyone.
I'm also starting to work on my calendar for the week. I know that many attend the conference to get a chance to speak to the development, design and product management teams of your favorite product (such as IBM Connections).
To make it easy, I've created this table with dat

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Employee Recognition Comes to the IBM Connections Cloud via KangoGift
Mon, Jan 5th 2015 5:11a Luis BenitezKangoGift continues to expand their integration options with IBM Connections, this time, bringing their employee recognition module to the IBM Connections Cloud. Once enabled organizations could allow their employees to recognize each other and perhaps include a recognition certificate (maybe a $25 gift card for Amazon). This is one way to encourage the use and adoption of IBM Connections.
Some key capabilities provided in this release are:
Analytics highlight employee performance
Inc

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New IBM Connections Pattern for IBM PureSystems Now Available
Tue, Dec 9th 2014 5:11a Luis BenitezOn December 9, IBM announced an updated PureSystems Pattern for IBM Connections 5.0 as well as a brand new pattern for IBM Connections Content Manager 5.0. Both patterns have been built to reduce the installation and configuration time down to a couple of hours by deploying a pre-configured system into a PureSystems environment. IBM PureSystems combine the flexibility of a general purpose system, the elasticity of cloud and the simplicity of an appliance. Learn more about IBM PureSystems here.

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Check It Out -- New IBM Connections Features Available in Cloud
Mon, Nov 24th 2014 5:12a Luis BenitezOver the weekend, IBM rolled out new features to IBM Connections Social Cloud, the market-leading enterprise social collaboration platform.
In this month's release (if you are wondering, we'll skip updates in December because of the holidays so the next release will be in January), you'll find capabilities that the community has been asking for in the IBM Connections ideation area.
Our team put together a presentation so that you can see the new capabilities (see below) and here are